Taking an active part in politics and displaying ability as a writer for the local press, he was made postmaster of the place, which office he filled during the celebrated "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" campaign of 1840. Being only fairly successful, he went to Palmer, Mass., where he filled the position of station agent on the Boston & Albany Railway. He then returned to the enst, settling in Fairfield Vt., where he opened a general dry goods store. About 1835 he went to Port Jackson, N.Y., where he married Miss Mary Morel, May 11, 1836. Which position he filled creditably for three years. On leaving home he first entered into an engagement as clerk in a hardware store in Worcester, Mass. He received a good common school education, which served him well on his first entry upon independent life in the world. Of him his son learned the carpenter's business, which he pursued in after years. Billings, took an active part in the war of the Revolution, after which he settled in Vermont, following the double occupation of farmer and carpenter. The immediate cause of his death was a general failure of the vital powers, in consequence of which the nutritive and recuperative processes failed, bringing on a breaking down of the tissues and ultimate decay of the lungs. In the death of Amos Cutler Billings, Waukesha loses an able, active and much respected citizen. Waukesha Freeman, The | Waukesha, Wisconsin | Thursday, Octo| ĭied.-In Waukesha, Wis., October 13, 1888, Amos C.
Deaths, Burials, Funerals, Interments AMOS CUTLER BILLINGS
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